RAVEN

Raven (MSXdev'21)

Description

The Story

Meet our hero: J-J ! To save the world from the evil Raven, J-J has to make sure the Raven stays in its cage or bad things will happen...

THE CONTROLS

J-J can be controlled with the cursor keys or a joystick (in port I). J-J can only jump (up / down / left / right), and can throw objects by jumping into them.

HOW TO PLAY

Each round starts with the Raven in its cage, and a timed lock (counting down from 99 to 0) that keeps the cage shut. A round is completed when the timer is reset to 99 by setting all 12 tile-switches to black. Tiles change color by jumping on them. The player starts with 3 lives; extra lives will be added at 5,000 – 10,000 – 15,000 – 20,000 points

THE CHARACTERS

J-J will get killed when encountering the various animals on the platforms:

  • Wolfs and rats will wander around, but rats go after J-J more aggressively.
  • Birds and bees will fly straight and turn around at the borders. Bees are faster than birds.

SCORING

The player can earn points in different ways:

  • 10: switch a tile (green and blue levels)
  • 50: switch a tile to black (green and blue levels)
  • 100: pick up a coin
  • 200: pick up a green diamond
  • 300: pick up a blue diamond
  • 100 + 200 + 400 + 800 + 800 + etc.: throw object on one or more animals

At the end of each round a bonus is awarded depending on the time left.

STRATEGY

Each level has another optimal way to play

REMEMBER THIS

NEVER RELEASE THE RAVEN !

Files
Package
Individual files
Default install directory
A:\RAVEN
Build files
Build script
mkdir -p package/
unzip RAVEN.zip
mv MSXdev21_Raven_v1.0.rom package/RAVEN.ROM
cat > package/RAVEN.BAT << EOF
REM Look for SROM.COM in default dir
IFF EXIST %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM
  %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM RAVEN.ROM
ELSE
  REM Try to run it from path
  IFF EXIST SROM.COM
    SROM.COM RAVEN.ROM
  ELSE
    echo "SROM.COM not found. Install it with: 'HUB install SOFAROM'"
    exit 1
  ENDIFF
ENDIFF
EOF
unix2dos package/RAVEN.BAT
  • 1.0-1 2021-07-06
    • First release
Details
Category
Games
Author
Micha Mulder
Packager
Carles Amigó (fr3nd)
License
 CC BY-NC-ND
Url
 https://www.msxdev.org/2021/07/05/msxdev21-18-raven/
Install instructions
hub install RAVEN